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Social Work

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MSW Mental Health Director

Instead, MHCC Secretary-Treasurer Gale Bataille sent this email: "We appreciate your inquiry, but on behalf of MHCC, we stand by our written communications to the county and the Mental Health Commission.

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Crawford reminded Bataille in February 2012 via email that county contract funds must be spent in the same fiscal year they were received.

Gale Bataille, MSW, Mental Health Director, San Mateo County, CA Ms. Bataille has been San Mateo County's Mental Health Director for the past five and a half years, and has worked in the mental health field for over 30 years, including 10 years as Mental Health Director for Solano County and 9 years in Contra Costa County as Chief of Planning and as Deputy Director for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services.Ms. Bataille is a founding member, past President, and current member of the Board of the California Institute for Mental Health and served as President and on the Governing Board of the California Mental Health Directors Association for over 10 years.She was instrumental in the development of the California Institute's Center for Multicultural Development and has an ongoing commitment to culturally sensitive and effective mental health services.She received her Masters Degree in Social Work from San Francisco State University.